Handkerchief-display case



March 15 1927. 1,626,808

, R. W. ELDRIDGE HANDKERCHIEF DISPLAY CASE Filed June' 11, 1925 2Sheets-Sheet 1 March 15,1927. 1,620,808 v R. w. ELDRIDGE HANDKERCHIEFDISPLAY CASE Filed June 11, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 J? m Eldridge,

Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

PATENT OFFICE.

RAY W. ELDRIDGE, OF ORLEANS, VERMONT.

miivDKERGrtIEfi-DISPLAY CASE.

Application filed June 11, 1925 Serial No. 36,510.

This invention relates to an improved display case for ,handkerchiefsand seeks, among other objects, to provide a neat, inexpensii e andcompact device of this character which; may be Set upon'a show case, forinstance, in a store, or upon a counter or the like, for attractivelydisplaying handkerchiefs for sale.

The invention seeks, as" a further object.

to provide a device embodying an individual box for each handkerchief,so that the handkerehiefs will be kept clean and sanitary, and whereinthe container for the boxes will be formed to deliver the boxes one at atime.

And the invention seeks, as {a still further object, to provide a devicewherein the container may be readily reloaded and wherein, as thehandkerchiefs are sold and the boxes are removed from the container, theboxes remaining in the container will feed downwardly therein forsuccessive delivery.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im? proved display case. Figure 2is a vertical sectional view on the line 22 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows. Figure 3 is a transverse sectionalview on the line 33 of Figure 1, the handkerchief boxes being removedfrom the container.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, lookingin the direction indicated by the arrows.

Figure 5 is an edge elevation s'howingthe prop of the container folded.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view through one of thehandkerchief boxes.-

- Figure 7 isa detail perspective view show-Q ing an end of one of thehandkerchief boxes and illustrating the closure flaps thereof.

In carrying the invention into effect, I

employ a relatively flat oblong container having a front wall 10, a backwall 11,'and

side walls 12. The container is preferably formed from a cardboardblank, although other suitable material may be employed,

and. as shown in Figure 3, the overlapping longitudinal margins of theblank are secured together at one ofthe side walls of the container.Closing the container at the ends thereof are side flaps 13 integralwith the sidewalls 12 and end flaps 14 integral with the front wall 10.

As shown in Figure 1, the front wall 10 of the container is provided atits lower end portion with a substantially rectangular sight. opening 15defining relatively narrow front flanges 16 at the sides of said'opening, and formed in the side walls 12 of the container at the lowerends of said flanges are semi-circular notches 17. Below said notches, aportion of the front 'wall 10 reback wall 11, as indicated at 24, forswingv ingly mounting the leg 19 while the intermediate portion: of thestrip, as indicated at 25, is secured to said wall at the lower endof,-the container for swingingly mounting the base 20 as well as thespreader 21. At

a point midway between its ends, the base i is provided with atransverse crease 26 ,so

that by removing the tongue 22 of the "the spreader may, as shown inFigure 5, be folded against the back wall of the container, when thebase 20 of the prop may be doubled upwardly atthe crease 26 and the leg19 swung in toward the base to lie close thereto. Thus, the prop may befolded to occupy a minimum space However. as will be appreciated, thespreader 21 will normally maintain the prop extended so that the base 20thereof may be rested upon a show case, counter, or the like, forsupporting the container in vertical rearwardly inclined position.

Slidably fitted within the container is a plurality of individualhandkerchief boxes 27 of rectangular configuration. -These boxes arealso preferably each formed of a cardboard blank having side arid endflaps 28 and 29 closing the box at the ends thereof As suggested inFigure 2, each of the boxes 27 contains ahandkerchief, and said boxesthenmore, as will be observed, the distance.

rest one upon the other within the container. Preferably, the containeris offia length to hold at least a dozen ofthe boxes 27 but, of course,this detail may be varied as found desirable.

As shown in Figure 2, the front strip 18 at the lower end of thecontainer is of a width corresponding to the width .pf the handkerchiefboxes 27 respectively, so that the bottom boxat the lower end ofthe-container thus supports the next adjacent box flush with the upperedge-of said strip. Furbetween the lone. ends of the flanges, 16 of thefront wall 10 of the container and the upper edge of said strip isslightly greater than the width-of the handkerchief boxes respectively,so that a discharge slot is deremoved the boxes thereabove will slidedownwardly within the container so that the next adjacent box will bepresented at the discharge slot of the container ready for removal. Byopening the flaps at the upper end of the; container, the container maybe readily reloaded. i 'Having thus described the invention, what Iclaim is:

A flat oblong casing, for displaying articles provided with means forsupporting it upon en in upright position, and having a sight opening inthe lower portion of its front and retaining flanges at opposite sidesof the sight opening, said flanges terminating a distance from thebottom of the sight openi g to provide a discharge slot, and having n-eger notches in the side walls in line with the said discharge slot, andhaving a cross strip connecting the bottom and side walls below thedischarge slot an article resting upon the bottom of the casing with itsupper surface in a plane with the upper edge of the cross strip tosupport the article immediately thereabove in aiposition for deliverythrough said slot and'across the bar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

